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>> in america, there is absolutely no shortcuts in democracy. those who believe the most and the longest prevail. i think in august, i think three things, speak out in your own district, not just to me, but to our senator as well. i know they feel the same way. but speak out. secondly, reach out to your friends and family and co-workers who are in the other congressional districts and encourage to get to town hall meetings themselves. pick up the phone, e mail and ask them to question their lawmakers about the bill. and then finally, don't quit. don't quit speaking out and reaching out until this is done and a new opportunity is made available. there are some great solutions. this doesn't have to be it. >> should we go to washington enmasse? >> it would be better to drive over with a neighbor who is in another district or friend or family in another district and talk to another member of congress, because at the end of the day, members of congress represent their communities, their neighborhoods. that's who they want to hear from. again, the whi
>> in america, there is absolutely no shortcuts in democracy. those who believe the most and the longest prevail. i think in august, i think three things, speak out in your own district, not just to me, but to our senator as well. i know they feel the same way. but speak out. secondly, reach out to your friends and family and co-workers who are in the other congressional districts and encourage to get to town hall meetings themselves. pick up the phone, e mail and ask them to question...
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Aug 18, 2009
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privatize social security with all of the problems in america that was his number one goal that was so difficult to turnaround it was the right thing to do so the most difficult thing i have found is trying to work on a bipartisan basis to accomplish things. you can i do think is on a bipartisan basis if you have a president who does not want to and eight republicans and senate who goes along with anything he once and that has been extremely difficult to do provide try in this little c-span interview to be partisan but the american people deserve to know how difficult it has been these past years with the bush administration. ronald reagan is a pleasure to work with. i was not a leader but we watched, here is a man who had set ideas but when the country was in trouble they turned to tip o'neill and they say this will securities for 25 years but we don't have that same thing now. >>host: you have been characteristically candid but uncharacteristically blunt as you talk about george bush, president bush. you use the word liar a couple of times. what was the context? is that the indicatio
privatize social security with all of the problems in america that was his number one goal that was so difficult to turnaround it was the right thing to do so the most difficult thing i have found is trying to work on a bipartisan basis to accomplish things. you can i do think is on a bipartisan basis if you have a president who does not want to and eight republicans and senate who goes along with anything he once and that has been extremely difficult to do provide try in this little c-span...
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middle class folks did not get their fair share of the last two expansions in america. the president and i are determined that when we come out of this recession and we will i guarantee you -- [applause] when we come out we do not want people who left behind. from 2000, 22007 productivity in america grew by 20% to get the average middle class american had a net loss of 3%. ladies and gentlemen, that wasn't the deal we made. society made a deal in the 20th century. those who are responsible for the increase of productivity are entitled to a piece of the action. [applause] and ladies and gentlemen, it didn't happen. so we know we have to build an economy not built on dot com double or housing double but built on a firm foundation, not on pieces of paper being shuttled between wall street skyscrapers. so folks, that is what we focused on, the places where the new jobs will be the new green jobs and modern jobs. we focused on over $7 billion in broadband and smart great high-speed rail, healthcare i.t., a renewable energy, the economy of the future. remember the time we put
middle class folks did not get their fair share of the last two expansions in america. the president and i are determined that when we come out of this recession and we will i guarantee you -- [applause] when we come out we do not want people who left behind. from 2000, 22007 productivity in america grew by 20% to get the average middle class american had a net loss of 3%. ladies and gentlemen, that wasn't the deal we made. society made a deal in the 20th century. those who are responsible for...
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Aug 28, 2009
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bobo's bk is "wage theft in america." this is part of the annual printers fear lit fest. >> i'm just a moderator, and the moderator is supposed to modete and, peopleumb, but i don't think that's it will be easy to call people mb once-ler to spears and authors prent the thes of the book and their arguments. came in bobo is kind of the jane addams of chicago. she is the head of the national inrfaith coalition for worker justice. in your bk, "wage theftn americ" how millions, why millions of working americans are not getting paid and what we can do about i is already a success. it is not an ordinary book. it ialready become a politilly that. people are around the country on talk radio sws and clubs and organizations and unions have become energized by this book which isbo how people, like the kind ofeople barbara ehrenreich wrote about in nicked and times are being ripped o. our cond author, jon jeter, i hope ironounced that right, "flat broke in the fe market," is a remarkablriter, a journalist with "the wasngton post" and
bobo's bk is "wage theft in america." this is part of the annual printers fear lit fest. >> i'm just a moderator, and the moderator is supposed to modete and, peopleumb, but i don't think that's it will be easy to call people mb once-ler to spears and authors prent the thes of the book and their arguments. came in bobo is kind of the jane addams of chicago. she is the head of the national inrfaith coalition for worker justice. in your bk, "wage theftn americ" how...
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Aug 19, 2009
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we must educate america. we must take america back. thank you very much. . . >> after the 2008 election, our friends on the left had some helpful advice for us. move to the left. it was similar to the advice after goldwater lost, after clinton won in 1992. the other team cheerfully advises us to stop talking about taxes, nobody cares about taxes and more. that reminds me of the scene late in committee were the bad guys as to the heroine, put down a gun and we will talk. [laughter] and that the hair -- and if the hero is a foolish, the movie goes on for 45 more minutes. [unintelligible] our coalition holds together because everybody here and everybody in washington, who becomes a tea party activists, are there around the table, for different reasons but they are all there because on the issue that news there but and that brings them to politics, they want one thing from the federal government, they want to be left alone. [applause] taxpayers, don't raise my taxes. businessmen and women, don't regulate my job in business out of existence
we must educate america. we must take america back. thank you very much. . . >> after the 2008 election, our friends on the left had some helpful advice for us. move to the left. it was similar to the advice after goldwater lost, after clinton won in 1992. the other team cheerfully advises us to stop talking about taxes, nobody cares about taxes and more. that reminds me of the scene late in committee were the bad guys as to the heroine, put down a gun and we will talk. [laughter] and...
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this is if not the future of health care in america, it's a pathway to better health care in america. the pending bill stops it in its tracks. >> thank you for yielding. i think this is a very important conversation. when you talk about m.d. anderson, i think we're all aware of individuals that have sought that very special place out, that it has been life- saving, and that there were others that have the same quality. >> and the anderson is not state-owned anymore, but it started out the way. >> as i understand this issue and what is troubling to me about physician-owned facilities, mr. barton, is that it really is an exchange of taking money and of one pocket and putting it in the other in the same pair pants. there is the tendency or the motivation for the physician to oversubscribe, to over utilize, its center, it's a trend i do not know what you have built into what you're suggesting that would address that. we have to watch costs. we have to cut costs. . address that. we have to watch costs. we have to cut costs. these practices are bending the curve in a negative way. curve in
this is if not the future of health care in america, it's a pathway to better health care in america. the pending bill stops it in its tracks. >> thank you for yielding. i think this is a very important conversation. when you talk about m.d. anderson, i think we're all aware of individuals that have sought that very special place out, that it has been life- saving, and that there were others that have the same quality. >> and the anderson is not state-owned anymore, but it started...
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-- apps for america. what was time online u.s. where a developer recently took the data that the faa had put out and created an application that would allow you and i to map out from one city to another the average deily times of flights so we could make better decisions where we want to book. not only that but we issued a challenge to see ipos across the country for every state and local government to create a data.gov so that for the first time you will be able to now see what is happening across the transportation grid or for that matter broadband so you can actually think about comparing whether it is cellphone plans or thinking about where you have a broadband deployment and where you don't and what is the delta to applications being developed where the intersection of multiple data feeds allow us to see spikes or disparities in terms of what is happening as far as health outcomes or if we are looking at how we can address the toughest problems this country faces today. when it comes to broadband dep
-- apps for america. what was time online u.s. where a developer recently took the data that the faa had put out and created an application that would allow you and i to map out from one city to another the average deily times of flights so we could make better decisions where we want to book. not only that but we issued a challenge to see ipos across the country for every state and local government to create a data.gov so that for the first time you will be able to now see what is happening...
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it just might be the best value in america. it's my favorite pasta! (announcer) pizza hut. america's favorite for pizza, pasta, and wings. >> serena williams must go through big sister and a strong field to capture another title. coverage of the u.s. open begins august 31st, on espn2. all four slams, all in one pla place. >> before the red sox white sox game, they held a moment of silence for the late senator ted kennedy. kennedy was a long time red sox plan. tim wakefield making his first start since july 18. they look good. jim thome, dustin pedroia, for the 4, 6, 3, d.p. ful wakefield going one run on six hits. of tied up at two. but not anymore. big papi with the big slide. second of the night. tenth career walkoff home run. first multi-home run game of 09 for him. red sox, end up winning it 3-2. they've won three straight in the 7 of the last nine. the white sox have lost 14 of the last 17 games versus the red sox, and dropped below 500 for the first time since june 28th. >> now ortiz has been up-and-down the batting order this season. but he's in the five hole. on ort
it just might be the best value in america. it's my favorite pasta! (announcer) pizza hut. america's favorite for pizza, pasta, and wings. >> serena williams must go through big sister and a strong field to capture another title. coverage of the u.s. open begins august 31st, on espn2. all four slams, all in one pla place. >> before the red sox white sox game, they held a moment of silence for the late senator ted kennedy. kennedy was a long time red sox plan. tim wakefield making...
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nancy katz head of ber care in america. speang of the party and angela keen speakers committee chair and reporter for bloomberg news, speaking skipping over t guest melissa, speaking vice chair and independt journalist with new soap media. she also orgized this launch. thank you very much, melissa. kevin jas manager and father of today's speaker. [applause] that t. fisher executive producer nbc news, meet the press. richard simon coressional correspondt for "the los angeles times." alisa heal reporter for reuters and finally esters durham byrd neuroscience researcher with institute of health rheumatologist lecture and author of healing space is the science of place and well-being. [applause] imagine flocks of frenzied fans, swarms of young screaming girls and fourier piercing squeals at sold-out concerts. that's another day at the office for the guest today. he is a young man who catapulted onto the world stage as a part of the jonas brothers trio. in case you haven't heard they are the wild popularity grammy nominated team
nancy katz head of ber care in america. speang of the party and angela keen speakers committee chair and reporter for bloomberg news, speaking skipping over t guest melissa, speaking vice chair and independt journalist with new soap media. she also orgized this launch. thank you very much, melissa. kevin jas manager and father of today's speaker. [applause] that t. fisher executive producer nbc news, meet the press. richard simon coressional correspondt for "the los angeles times."...
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are you aware of this problem with the decrease readiness america are units? >> i am and it's not just the verne frankly, it is a service line on the wind and the reserve components units individually are facing the same problem. the army is attempting to try to raise orris as best they can be as i'm certain you agree the primary objective is to make sure that once troops arrive in a combat theater be in iraq or. >> that there are provided with everything they need it in five in most instances they have the equipment choices and manion that is more than the winning in any particular mission with but they can shape and taylor. of the problem is upon redeployment that the reserve and much to the active components do not have those at home base units particularly pertaining that they would like. the army is working hard to try to balance that. baggara news for the reserve is it is bad news. when all of these hostilities started prior 22001 the average unit and the reserve components have about 3235% of their deemed to require equipment other has been a substantia
are you aware of this problem with the decrease readiness america are units? >> i am and it's not just the verne frankly, it is a service line on the wind and the reserve components units individually are facing the same problem. the army is attempting to try to raise orris as best they can be as i'm certain you agree the primary objective is to make sure that once troops arrive in a combat theater be in iraq or. >> that there are provided with everything they need it in five in...